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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

‘A gift from God’: Binley Mega Chippy owner basks in TikTok fame

The TikTok star J2Hundred (right) poses outside Binley Mega Chippy in Coventry as people queue to order their food
The TikTok star J2Hundred (right) poses outside Binley Mega Chippy in Coventry as people queue to order their food. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

It has been two weeks since his Coventry chip shop became a TikTok sensation drawing in crowds from around the country, and 70-year-old Kamal Gandhi is exhausted.

He has had to take on and train four new staff members, ensure a continuous supply of stock to deal with hundreds of new customers and help manage the long queues snaking down the road outside the now world famous Binley Mega Chippy.

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